Welcome to South Florida and the 2026 National Founders Conference! We pray that this week will encourage you, challenge you, and lead you as we seek to Make Disciples.
Below you’ll find information that that will be helpful during the conference, including a conference map, schedule, and restaurant options. Please let us know if there is anything else we can help with!
5:00 pm: Registration Opens
6:00 pm: SESSION 1 – An Egalitarian Culture | Graham Gunden
7:00 pm: SESSION 2 – An Egalitarian Church | Chase Davis
8:00 pm: Break
8:20 pm: SESSION 3 – Panel | (Graham Gunden, Tom Ascol, Chase Davis, David Mitzenmacher (Moderator)
9:00 pm: End
12:00 PM – Welcome and Opening
12:15 PM – SESSION 1 | Tom Ascol – From the Garden to Revelation – God’s Mandate for His People
1:30 PM – SESSION 2 | Joel Beeke – Discipleship in the Home: Learning from the Puritans
2:30 PM – Break
3:15 PM – SESSION 3 | David Schrock – God’s Mandate to the Family
4:30 PM – Dinner Break / Pastors Dinner
6:45 PM – SESSION 4 | Remember Voddie Baucham: A Panel Discussion – Tom Ascol, Lennox Kalifungwa, Aaron Wright
8:00 PM – Singles Event (18+)
9:00 PM – End of Day
7:20 AM – Prayer Meeting
8:00 AM – Doors Open
8:30 AM – SESSION 5 | Joel Beeke – God’s Mandate to Make Disciples
9:45 AM – SESSION 6 | Conference Theme Panel
11:00 AM – Lunch Break
1:00 PM – SESSION 7 | Dusty Deevers – God’s Mandate to Government leaders
2:15 PM – SESSION 8 | David Mitzenmacher – God’s Mandate and the Church
3:15 PM – Break
4:00 PM – SESSION 9 | Capt. Barry Wilmore – Excellence in our Work
5:00 PM – Dinner Break / Speaker Dinner
7:15 PM – SESSION 10 | Alex Kocman – God’s Mandate to the Ends of the Earth
8:15 PM – Founders After Party
10:30 PM – End of Day
7:20 AM – Prayer Meeting
8:00 AM – Doors Open
8:30 AM – SESSION 11 | Q&A Panel
9:45 AM – SESSION 12 | David Schrock – The Authority to Make Disciples
10:45 AM – Break
11:30 AM – SESSION 13 | Tom Ascol – The End of the Mandate
12:30 PM – Closing
12:45 PM – End of Day
Enjoy complimentary coffee at the beverage station in the Worship Center Lobby. Complimentary water bottles are also available there, as well as in the Sponsor and Bookstore tent.
For your convenience, there are additional air conditioned stall bathrooms available in the parking lot to the left when you exit the Worship Center building.
Both Friday and Saturday morning will begin with a corporate prayer meeting held in the Worship Center at 7:20am. These prayer meetings are open to all conference attendees. The prayer meetings will conclude at 8:00am and the Worship Center will then be open to take your seats for the main session.
Conference parking is available in the main Worship Center parking lot and in the field by the Hope building (see the campus map on the following pages). Parking on curbs or outside any of the designated spots indicated on the map is not permitted. Please help us honor McGregor Baptist Church by treating their property with respect.
Through the kindness of our friends at Crosswayand the support of our faithful supporters of Founders Ministries, we have several free resources available for each conference attendee. You can find these resources each day on the pallets by the entrance of the Sponsor tent.
If you pre-purchased one of our attendee meals - Box Lunches will be handed out at the back of the HOPE building (by the Family Room) with no seating available. The dinner will held be in the fellowship hall (HOPE building), plated and with sit down seating. Registration is closed for these meals.
We have a family room available for parents with small children, with livestream available. Please see any conference volunteer for directions. A small nursing mothers’ room is also available in the women’s bathroom to the right when exiting the Worship Center.
If you have misplaced or found something, please visit the Registration and Information table in the Worship Center Lobby.
Simultaneous Spanish translation is available and provided on the Founders website or in the Founders app. Headsets / headphones are not provided.
Do you have a biblical or theological question for our speakers to potentially consider during our Q&A session on Saturday? Text your questions to Founders at 888-525-1689.
Share your experience on social media using the hashtag #Founders2026 and tag Founders Ministries.
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Join us January 21-23, to hear teaching from Tom Ascol, Joel Beeke, Conrad Mbewe, David Mitzenmacher, and Graham Gunden!
